31 OTU's Lockheed Hudson #AM895 aircraft was one of 12 Hudsons which took flight from RCAF Debert in Nova Scotia, on their final long-distance exercise before being ferried across the Atlantic (AFTERO-Atlantic Ferry Operations), the intended destination being Windsor, Ontario. Due to adverse weather conditions encountered when the Hudson approached the Dorval Aerodrome in Quebec, the pilot had to make a forced landing at a very low altitude; sadly, the aircraft crashed into a barn at l'Abord a Plouffe, near Cartierville, taking the lives of the four aircrew on board.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer John Fisher BOYD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Ewart Gilbert WAINWRIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Abraham ('Abie') KIRSCH and
RAF Leading Aircraftman Albert James MORRIS.
[Another Hudson and its crew were also lost earlier during this exercise: Lockheed Hudson #AM896 and its four aircrew were sadly lost near Great Village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, just after they took flight.]
Military Service:
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/77425
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #31 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RCAF Debert, Nova Scotia
A shipper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 25 Nov 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Son of Moses and Sarah (née Chernikoff) Kirsch of Montreal; both parents born in Russia.
Sergeant Abie Kirsch is commemorated on Page 34 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer John Fisher BOYD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Ewart Gilbert WAINWRIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Abraham ('Abie') KIRSCH and
RAF Leading Aircraftman Albert James MORRIS.
[Another Hudson and its crew were also lost earlier during this exercise: Lockheed Hudson #AM896 and its four aircrew were sadly lost near Great Village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, just after they took flight.]
Military Service:
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/77425
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #31 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RCAF Debert, Nova Scotia
A shipper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 25 Nov 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Son of Moses and Sarah (née Chernikoff) Kirsch of Montreal; both parents born in Russia.
Sergeant Abie Kirsch is commemorated on Page 34 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
31 OTU's Lockheed Hudson #AM895 aircraft was one of 12 Hudsons which took flight from RCAF Debert in Nova Scotia, on their final long-distance exercise before being ferried across the Atlantic (AFTERO-Atlantic Ferry Operations), the intended destination being Windsor, Ontario. Due to adverse weather conditions encountered when the Hudson approached the Dorval Aerodrome in Quebec, the pilot had to make a forced landing at a very low altitude; sadly, the aircraft crashed into a barn at l'Abord a Plouffe, near Cartierville, taking the lives of the four aircrew on board.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer John Fisher BOYD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Ewart Gilbert WAINWRIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Abraham ('Abie') KIRSCH and
RAF Leading Aircraftman Albert James MORRIS.
[Another Hudson and its crew were also lost earlier during this exercise: Lockheed Hudson #AM896 and its four aircrew were sadly lost near Great Village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, just after they took flight.]
Military Service:
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/77425
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #31 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RCAF Debert, Nova Scotia
A shipper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 25 Nov 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Son of Moses and Sarah (née Chernikoff) Kirsch of Montreal; both parents born in Russia.
Sergeant Abie Kirsch is commemorated on Page 34 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
The four airmen who perished in this accident were-
RCAF Pilot Officer John Fisher BOYD,
RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Ewart Gilbert WAINWRIGHT,
RCAF Sergeant Abraham ('Abie') KIRSCH and
RAF Leading Aircraftman Albert James MORRIS.
[Another Hudson and its crew were also lost earlier during this exercise: Lockheed Hudson #AM896 and its four aircrew were sadly lost near Great Village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, just after they took flight.]
Military Service:
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Service Number: R/77425
Age: 21
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: Division: #31 Operational Training Unit (OTU); RCAF Debert, Nova Scotia
A shipper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 25 Nov 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Son of Moses and Sarah (née Chernikoff) Kirsch of Montreal; both parents born in Russia.
Sergeant Abie Kirsch is commemorated on Page 34 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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